# US 12,000,713 B2 · Tightening machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,713 B2 - Document ID: US12000713B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/607,928 - Filed: 2021-05-14 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-05-14 - Assignees: Sanyo Machine Works, Ltd. - Applicants: Sanyo Machine Works, Ltd. - Inventors: Yusuke Horiba - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000713B2 ## CPC - B25B 23/14: Arrangement of torque limiters or torque indicators in wrenches or screwdrivers (couplings for transmitting rotation or clutches F16D; devices for measuring torque per se G01L) - G01D 5/14: influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage - B25F 5/00: Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for - G01B 7/004: for measuring coordinates of points - B25B 21/02: with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket - B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} - G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS ## Abstract A tightening machine of the present invention includes: a mobile receiving portion 20 that receives a positioning signal (GNSS signal) from positioning means (GNSS satellite Sa); a geomagnetic sensor 30 that detects a direction of a socket portion 41 with the mobile receiving portion 20 as a starting point; and a control portion that receives the positioning signal received by the mobile receiving portion 20 and a positioning signal received by a fixed receiving portion 22 at a fixed position away from a torque wrench 110 serving as the tightening machine, corrects a three-dimensional position of the mobile receiving portion 20 based on the positioning signals, and calculates a three-dimensional socket position of the socket portion 41 of the torque wrench 110 serving as the tightening machine based on a result of the correction and the direction of the socket portion 41 detected by the geomagnetic sensor 30. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tightening machine that rotates a socket portion fitted to a bolt or a nut to fasten or loosen the bolt or the nut, the tightening machine comprising: a mobile receiving portion that receives a positioning signal from positioning means; a geomagnetic sensor that detects a direction of the socket portion with the mobile receiving portion as a starting point; and a control portion that receives a positioning signal received by the mobile receiving portion and a positioning signal received by a fixed receiving portion at a fixed position away from the tightening machine, corrects a three-dimensional position of the mobile receiving portion based on the positioning signals, and calculates a three-dimensional socket position of the socket portion of the tightening machine based on a result of the correction and the direction of the socket portion detected by the geomagnetic sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tightening machine according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor in addition to the geomagnetic sensor, wherein a detection result of the geomagnetic sensor is corrected by the acceleration sensor or the angular velocity sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The tightening machine according to claim 2, wherein the positioning means is a GNSS satellite, and the positioning signal is a GNSS signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The tightening machine according to claim 3, further comprising a first storage portion capable of storing three-dimensional work positions of a plurality of the bolts or the nuts to be fastened or loosened, wherein the control portion collates the three-dimensional work positions with the three-dimensional socket position to enable the bolt or the nut fitted to the socket portion to be identified as a fastening or loosening target. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The tightening machine according to claim 2, further comprising a first storage portion capable of storing three-dimensional work positions of a plurality of the bolts or the nuts to be fastened or loosened, wherein the control portion collates the three-dimensional work positions with the three-dimensional socket position to enable the bolt or the nut fitted to the socket portion to be identified as a fastening or loosening target. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The tightening machine according to claim 1, wherein the positioning means is a GNSS satellite, and the positioning signal is a GNSS signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The tightening machine according to claim 6, further comprising a first storage portion capable of storing three-dimensional work positions of a plurality of the bolts or the nuts to be fastened or loosened, wherein the control portion collates the three-dimensional work positions with the three- dimensional socket position to enable the bolt or the nut fitted to the socket portion to be identified as a fastening or loosening target. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The tightening machine according to claim 1, further comprising a first storage portion capable of storing three-dimensional work positions of a plurality of the bolts or the nuts to be fastened or loosened, wherein the control portion collates the three-dimensional work positions with the three- dimensional socket position to enable the bolt or the nut fitted to the socket portion to be identified as a fastening or loosening target. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The tightening machine according to claim 8, further comprising a display portion that displays the three-dimensional work position, the display portion being configured to display a specified torque value of the bolt or the nut in addition to the three-dimensional work position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The tightening machine according to claim 9, wherein the control portion compares the specified torque value with a fastening torque value of the bolt or the nut that has been fastened, and determines whether or not the fastening torque value is appropriate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The tightening machine according to claim 10, wherein the display portion is configured to display a result of the determination. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The tightening machine according to claim 9, wherein the display portion is configured to display a three-dimensional work position of the bolt or the nut to be fastened or loosened next. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The tightening machine according to claim 9, wherein the display portion is configured to display, by an arrow and a number, a direction and a distance of a three-dimensional work position of the bolt or the nut to be fastened or loosened next. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The tightening machine according to claim 9, further comprising a sound generator controlled by the control portion, the sound generator being configured to suggest a direction and a distance of a three-dimensional work position of the bolt or the nut to be fastened or loosened next by at least two of an interval, a sound pressure, and a frequency of intermittent sounds emitted from the sound generator. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The tightening machine according to claim 9, further comprising a vibration generator controlled by the control portion, the vibration generator being configured to suggest a direction and a distance of a three-dimensional work position of the bolt or the nut to be fastened or loosened next by at least two of an interval, an amplitude, and a frequency of intermittent vibrations generated from the vibration generator. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The tightening machine according to claim 9, further comprising a second storage portion that stores a three-dimensional work completion position of the bolt or the nut that has been fastened, wherein the control portion collates the three-dimensional work completion position with the three-dimensional socket position to enable the display portion to display double tightening of the bolt or the nut. ### Claim 17 A tightening machine that rotates a socket portion fitted to a bolt or a nut to fasten or loosen the bolt or the nut, the tightening machine comprising: first and second mobile receiving portions that are disposed at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction of a main body portion coupled to the socket portion and receive a positioning signal from positioning means; and a control portion that receives positioning signals received by the first and second mobile receiving portions and a positioning signal received by a fixed receiving portion at a fixed position away from the tightening machine, corrects three-dimensional positions of the first and second mobile receiving portions based on the positioning signals, and calculates a three-dimensional socket position of the socket portion of the tightening machine based on a result of the correction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The tightening machine according to claim 17, wherein the positioning means is a GNSS satellite, and the positioning signal is a GNSS signal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The tightening machine according to claim 18, further comprising a first storage portion capable of storing three-dimensional work positions of a plurality of the bolts or the nuts to be fastened or loosened, wherein the control portion collates the three-dimensional work positions with the three-dimensional socket position to enable the bolt or the nut fitted to the socket portion to be identified as a fastening or loosening target. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The tightening machine according to claim 17, further comprising a first storage portion capable of storing three-dimensional work positions of a plurality of the bolts or the nuts to be fastened or loosened, wherein the control portion collates the three-dimensional work positions with the three-dimensional socket position to enable the bolt or the nut fitted to the socket portion to be identified as a fastening or loosening target.